Just a little venting.....

By SallyBR1

Created 01/24/2009 - 18:29

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by assibams in reply to Anonymous [original][2] on Sun, 01/25/2009 - 19:50

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I just barely missed the mandatory voting in Austria, it was abolished in 1982, I turned 18 in '83. Can't say I'm proud of it, but I have only voted once in my whole life. I haven't lived in Austria since '88 and have not followed much politics, don't know many of today's politicians. So, even though I get a ballot for every national election, I have chosen not to vote. Furthermore the outcome of any Austrian election has little to no effect on my life.

I would, however, appreciate if I could vote in Germany (without having to give up my Austrian citizenship) on more than just the lowest levels, like for the town mayor. These are the political decisions that affect my life and I do follow the politics.

Now if it was mandatory, my post-pubertarian oppositional little ego would keep me from voting ;-)

Resist the temptation to over-clean. After all, how many times do you need to kill the same germ.

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